Smoky Night (Caldecott Medal)

Blurb

Smoky Night is a 1994 children's book by Eve Bunting. It tells the story of a Los Angeles riot and its aftermath: two people who previously disliked each other working together to find their cats. In the end, the cats teach their masters how to get along. The book made the list of One Hundred Books that Shaped the Century compiled by the Staff at the School Library Journal. They added the book to the list as paving the way towards the genre of serious picture books.
David Diaz's acrylic, collage-like illustrating of the tale earned the book the 1995 Caldecott Medal.